Increase of the aerosol hygroscopicity by cloud processing in a mesoscale convective system: A case study from the AMMA campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6907-6924

  Crumeyrolle, S ^a   Gomes, L ^a   Tulet, P ^a   Matsuki, A ^b   Schwarzenboeck, A ^b   Crahan, K ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SULFATE; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

AFRICA; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 57249115824     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6907-2008     Document Type: Article

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